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@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ This software is freely distributable under the GNU public license, a
copy of which you should have received with this software (in a file
called COPYING).
+
WHAT IS SMB?
============
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@ Netware, NFS, Appletalk, Banyan Vines, Decnet etc; many of these have
advantages but none are both public specifications and widely
implemented in desktop machines by default.
-The Common Internet Filesystem is what the new SMB initiative is
-called. For details watch http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs.
+The Common Internet Filesystem (CIFS) is what the new SMB initiative
+is called. For details watch http://samba.anu.edu.au/cifs.
+
WHY DO PEOPLE WANT TO USE SMB?
==============================
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ replacement for Windows NT, Warp, NFS or Netware servers."
- a SMB server, to provide Windows NT and LAN Manager-style file and print
services to SMB clients such as Windows 95, Warp Server, smbfs and others.
-- a Netbios (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which among other things gives
+- a NetBIOS (rfc1001/1002) nameserver, which amongst other things gives
browsing support. Samba can be the master browser on your LAN if you wish.
- a ftp-like SMB client so you can access PC resources (disks and
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ printers) from unix, Netware and other operating systems
- a tar extension to the client for backing up PCs
+- limited command-line tool that supports some of the NT administrative
+ functionality, which can be used on Samba, NT workstation and NT server.
+
For a much better overview have a look at the web site at
http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba, and browse the user survey.
@@ -76,6 +81,7 @@ networking problems over netbeui and tcp/ip.
easy to smb-ise any particular application. See
ftp://samba.anu.edu.au/pub/samba/smblib.
+
CONTRIBUTIONS
=============
@@ -112,6 +118,7 @@ Macgregor, A.C.T.
Samba Team
Email: samba-bugs@samba.anu.edu.au
+
MORE INFO
=========
@@ -131,12 +138,14 @@ If you would like to help with the documentation (and we _need_ help!)
then have a look at the mailing list samba-docs, archived at
http://samba.anu.edu.au/listproc/samba-docs.
+
FTP SITE
--------
Please use a mirror site! The list of mirrors is in docs/MIRRORS.txt.
The master ftp site is samba.anu.edu.au in the directory pub/samba.
+
MAILING LIST
------------
@@ -151,6 +160,9 @@ announced. To subscribe send mail to listproc@samba.anu.edu.au with a
body of "subscribe samba-announce Your Name". All announcements also
go to the samba list.
+For details of other Samba mailing lists and for access to archives, see
+http://samba.anu.edu.au/listproc.
+
NEWS GROUP
----------
@@ -175,5 +187,5 @@ archives of the mailing list and a user survey that shows who else is using
this package. Have you registered with the survey yet? :-)
It is maintained by Paul Blackman (thanks Paul!). You can contact him
-at ictinus@samba.anu.edu.au.
+as ictinus@samba.anu.edu.au.